George O'Brien - Actor Profile

George O'Brien

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Biography

George O'Brien (April 19, 1899 – September 4, 1985) was an American actor, popular during the silent film era and into the talkie era of the 1930s, best known today as the lead actor in F. W. Murnau's 1927 film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. He also starred in East Side, West Side (1927), The Johnstown Floor (1926), and John Ford's The Iron Horse (1924). The day before his seventh birthday the Great Earthquake of 1906 hit San Francisco. He and his family nearly died and were homeless for months. He served in World War I and World War II.

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2023 The Only Girl in the Orchestra Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ★ 6.6 HIT
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (archive footage) ★ 9.0 HIT
1964 Cheyenne Autumn Major Braden ★ 6.7 HIT
1959 Korea Narrator ★ 6.0 FLOP
1951 Gold Raiders George O'Brien ★ 5.7 FLOP
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Maj. Mac Allshard ★ 6.9 HIT
1948 Fort Apache Capt. Sam Collingwood ★ 7.0 HIT
1947 My Wild Irish Rose 'Duke' Muldoon ★ 6.0 FLOP
1943 December 7th Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice) ★ 5.8 FLOP
1940 Triple Justice Brad Henderson ★ 6.0 FLOP
1940 Stage to Chino Dan Clark ★ 5.4 FLOP
1940 Prairie Law Brill Austin ★ 5.5 FLOP
1940 Bullet Code Steve Holden ★ 5.6 FLOP
1940 Legion of the Lawless Jeff Toland ★ 5.4 FLOP
1939 The Marshal Of Mesa City Cliff Mason ★ 8.0 HIT
1939 The Fighting Gringo Wade Barton ★ 6.0 FLOP
1939 Racketeers of the Range Barney O'Dell ★ 6.6 HIT
1939 Arizona Legion Boone Yeager ★ 5.0 FLOP
1938 Lawless Valley Larry Rhodes ★ 5.0 FLOP
1938 The Renegade Ranger Captain Jack Steele ★ 5.2 FLOP
1938 Painted Desert Bob McVey ★ 5.8 FLOP
1938 Border G-Man Jim Galloway ★ 5.0 FLOP
1937 Windjammer Bruce Lane ★ 5.0 FLOP
1937 Hollywood Cowboy Jeffery Carson ★ 5.0 FLOP
1937 Park Avenue Logger Grant Curran ★ 6.0 FLOP
1936 Daniel Boone Daniel Boone ★ 4.6 FLOP
1936 The Border Patrolman Bob Wallace ★ 5.8 FLOP
1935 The Cowboy Millionaire Bob Walker ★ 6.0 FLOP
1934 The Dude Ranger Ernest 'Dude' Selby ★ 5.8 FLOP
1934 Frontier Marshal Michael Wyatt ★ 5.5 FLOP
1932 Robbers' Roost Jim Wall ★ 5.5 FLOP
1932 Mystery Ranch Bob Sanborn ★ 6.0 FLOP
1931 A Holy Terror Tony Bard aka Woodbury ★ 5.7 FLOP
1931 Seas Beneath Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley ★ 4.9 FLOP
1930 Rough Romance Billy West ★ 5.0 FLOP
1930 The Lone Star Ranger Buck Duane ★ 5.0 FLOP
1929 Salute Cadet John Randall ★ 4.7 FLOP
1928 Noah's Ark Travis / Japheth ★ 6.2 FLOP
1927 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans The Man (Anses) ★ 7.8 HIT
1927 East Side, West Side John Breen ★ 7.2 HIT
1927 Paid to Love Crown Prince Michae ★ 6.0 FLOP
1926 The Blue Eagle George Darcy ★ 5.1 FLOP
1926 3 Bad Men Dan O'Malley ★ 6.8 HIT
1926 Fig Leaves Adam Smith ★ 5.8 FLOP
1926 The Johnstown Flood Tom O'Day ★ 6.8 HIT
1925 The Fighting Heart Denny Bolton ★ 5.0 FLOP
1925 The Iron Horse Davy Brandon ★ 6.7 HIT
1925 The Dancers Tony ★ 5.0 FLOP
1924 The Sea Hawk Galley Slave (uncredited) ★ 6.5 HIT
1922 Moran of the Lady Letty Deck Hand ★ 6.5 HIT